Combined tobacco box and cutter.



HENRY o. Mous, ADMINISTMTOR'. COMBINED TOBACCO BOX AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.17,1906.'

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HENRY c. MOSES, oENEw YoRx, N. in; HENRY c. MOSES ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID HENRY c. MOSES, DEOEASED.

COMBINED TBCCO BOX AND CUTTER.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed September 17, 1906. Serial No. 334,862.

To .all whom it may concern'.

Be it known that I, HENRY C. MOSES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tobacco Boxes and Cutters, of which the' following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to` a tobacco box having a lid hinged thereto and a cutting blade associated with the lid of said box and adapted for use in v.cutting entirely across `a plug of tobacco laid in the` box so asy to cut Shearwise transversely of thev lid-hinge and upon each closing operation' of the box lid, whereby the plug is divided and separated into strips or small sections convenient for the use of tobacco users.

Figure I is a perspective .view of Vmy tobacco box and cutter with'the'lid of the box shown in elevated position. Fig. II is a plan view ofthe box and cutter, the lid being shown entirely open. Fig. III is a cross section taken on line III-III, Fig. II, with the lid of the box shown in elevated position. Fig. IV is a cross section taken on line IV--IV, Fig. II, with the lid of the box shown in closed position. Fig. V is a longitudinal section taken on line V-V, Fig. II, with the lid of the box in closed position. Fig. IV is a plan view of a modification of my box and cutter, the lid of the box being shown in entirely o en position.

l designates the ody of my box, which is adapted to receive a plug of tobacco A. In the front and rear walls of the box body are inwardly extending longitudinal beads 2 and 3 that serve to maintain the plug of tobacco loosely in a central osition in the box body andl spaced from tffe front and rear walls thereof,"in order that the cutting knife to be hereinafter more particularly referred to may perform complete cutting action from edge to edge of the plug of tobacco. The beads 2 and 3 are discontinued or interrupted intermediate of their ends, as shown at 2 and 3 (see Fig. II) to provide notches into which the respective ends of the cutter may enter and operate when the lid of the box by which it is carriedV is moved into closed position. In the bottom of the box body is a groove 4 into which the edge of the cutting knife may enter beneath the plug of tobacco after it has cut therethrough, thereby permitting complete cutting action and preventing dulling ofthe cutting bla-de which otherwise would come into contact with the bottom of the box.V

5 vdesignates the lid of my box which is of angedform and the rearflangeof which is rolled and hinged at 6 to the rolled rear wall o'f the box body l. The forward flange of the lid 5 is lprovided with a detent 7 that is adaptedL to enter a pocket 8 in the front wall of the box body forthe purpose of holding the lid of the box in closed condition.

9 designates a cutting knife that is suitablysecured to the box lid at any desired location and which, as before mentioned, is adaptedto be brought into shearwise cutting action upon a lu of tobacco lying in the box body 1. I T is' Inife extends transversely of the box lid and is preferably providedat its inner edge with laterally inwardly'and outwardly extending bracing tongues 10 th at rest against the inside face of the box lid and also constitute fastener members for the attachment of the knife to the lid. The cutting knife may be secured to the box lid by any suitable means, but I prefer to detachably connect the knife to the lid through the medium of screws ll that are inserted through the lid and enter into the tongues of the cutting knife as seen most clearly in Figs. II and V, in order that the knife may be removed to be sharpened when it has become dulled in use.

In the practical use of my box and cutter it is only necessary to forcibly press the lid of the box into a closed position to cause the cutting knife carried thereby to act shearwise upon a plug of tobacco laid in the box body and sever a section ofthe lug from the remainder of the plug. It wil therefore be seen that each time the box is opened after being closed a severed piece of the plug of tobacco will be found in the box ready for the use of the tobacco consumer without the necessity of his removing the plug from the box to cut or bite a desired section therefrom as is ordinarily done. opened and the cut section of the plug of tobacco has been removed the plug may be readily shifted into proper position to be again cut by engaging the plug with the After the box lid isr -fingers or by merely tilting the box in the proper direction.

In Fig. VI, I have illustrated a modification in which the box body la is rovided with two transverse grooves la an a longitudinal groove lb located in its bottom, the vertical end wall of the box body being also provided with a groove 4C. The lid 5a of this box has attached to it a double shearwise cutting knife 9a and a transverse cutting knife 9b. INhen the box lid 5a is moved to closed position the double shearwise cutting knife acts to sever two strips or sections from the plug of tobacco laid in the box body and the transverse cutting knife acts to sever one of these strips into two additional sections of smaller size, in order that the tobacco chewer may, if he desires, make use of the smaller sections instead of larger sections. It is apparent that when the plug of tobacco is shifted in the box body for the next cutting action the single cut section of tobacco may be moved into a position to be cut by the cross cutting knife 9 in a manner similar to that in which the preceding section was cut by said knife.

I claim 1. A combined tobacco box and cutter comprising a body, having longitudinal inwardly extending beads formed in the front and rear walls thereof, provided with knife notches, a cover, and a knife secured to the cover transversely of the body 3 the knife being of greater length than the width of the space between the beads and having its ends Y between the beads and having its ends received by the knife-notches.

3. A combined tobacco box and cutter comprising a body having longitudinal inwardly extending beads on the front and rear walls thereof, provided with knife-nouilles and a transverse groove in the bottom of the body located in line with the knife-notches, a cover, and a knife secured to the cover, transversely of the body g the knife being of greater length than the width of the space between the beads, and having its ends received by the knife-notches and its cutting edge received by the transverse groove.

4. The combination of a box body having vertical walls provided with inwardly extending beads, a lid hinged to said box body, and a cutting knife carried by said lid said beads being notched to receive said cutting knife, substantially as set forth.

HENRY C. MOSES.

In presence of- NETTAWIN Mosns, H. C. Mosns, Jr. 

